Photo: P199 · Public domainHorton has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each
The 2021 census found 75% of working-age people in Horton employed, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. In 2020, a household at the middle of Horton had $90,600 before tax, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at $85,900. Unemployment in Horton stood at 8% on census day 2021, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
The work numbers behind Horton
Work near the middle
Of residents aged 15 to 64, 75% held a job in 2021; the middle of Canadian towns is 73%, and over all adults the share is 55%. In work ↓
Unemployment near the middle
Census day in 2021 put 8% out of work (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and the area’s monthly survey gave 6.8% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Horton earns B for jobs and income
Better than 59% of Canadian towns on three measures together, #232 of 866 in Ontario.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
On a working day, Horton loses more workers than it gains
It sends out some 5 workers for every one it takes in. The job is inside the municipality for 9.1% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
91% of Horton’s residents in work leave it to work; Renfrew takes the most
Renfrew sends the largest group the other way, 65 people.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Horton
Of the 15 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Renfrew census division, 13 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting those looking for work too, 60% of people aged 15 and over were in the labour force. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 55%: many residents are past working age. The monthly Labour Force Survey, which covers the wider area, put its employment rate at 55% in October 2026. Census day was 11 May 2021, in the pandemic’s third wave: unemployment ran high and many worked from home, so these figures describe that spring rather than today.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
What households in Horton earn
Before tax, 2020: higher than in 76% of Canadian towns.
5 of the 15 other places of 2,500+ in the Renfrew census division have a higher median. The middle of Ontario’s towns is $91,600, and Horton is 1% below it. Pandemic benefits paid in 2020 lifted the incomes at the bottom, and they are counted here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Horton gets to work without a car for 0.8% of commuters
Hardly anyone takes transit to work, where the middle of Canadian towns has 3.5%. The car is the way to work for 98% of commuters. Home was the workplace for 13%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A commute like the middle of Canadian towns: 25.8 minutes from Horton
Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 22.5 minutes. In the middle of Ontario’s towns, the average commute is 28.6 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 42%, more than the 31% in the middle of Ontario’s towns. An hour or more: 11% of commuters, above the 7.9% in the middle of Ontario’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
EI claims in the Renfrew census division run 13% above their 2019 level
Set against the same month a year before, the count in August 2026 fell by 1%. In April 2021 it reached 5,690, the most in the series and 2.4 times the 2019 average. Roughly 4.2 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. Not measured by town: EI beneficiaries (the Renfrew census division). EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
How walkable Horton is: D−
Better than 5% of Canadian towns on two measures together, #2,581 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
320th of 778: where Horton ranks among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Place | People | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Mount Royal Alberta | 2,758 | 83% | 12% | $188K | A+ |
| 2 | Central River Heights Manitoba | 2,736 | 84% | 5.4% | $137K | A+ |
| 3 | Crescentwood Manitoba | 3,060 | 87% | 5% | $123K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 13 | Red Lake Ontario | 4,285 | 77% | 5.1% | $111K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 15 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 87% | 7.3% | $102K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 32 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 82% | 9.6% | $93K | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 318 | Sunrise Estates British Columbia | 4,292 | 73% | 6.6% | $119K | B |
| 319 | Rossmere-B Manitoba | 4,732 | 74% | 7.6% | $88K | B |
| 320 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 75% | 8% | $91K | B |
| 321 | Shaver Ontario | 2,882 | 73% | 14% | $123K | B |
| 322 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 78% | 6% | $61K | B |
| … | ||||||
| 778 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 43% | 30% | $51K | D− |
Ordered by Jobs & income Grade: the top three, the places either side of Horton, and others among Ontario’s towns.
Neighbouring places to Horton, compared
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton | 75% | 8% | $91K | 25.8 min | B | D− |
| Renfrew 8.3 km | 66% | 11% | $61K | 22.7 min | D | A |
| Shawville 13.7 km | 65% | 5.5% | $55K | 27.2 min | D− | A |
| Bristol 13.9 km | 68% | 6.9% | $67K | 45.8 min | D− | C+ |
| McNab/Braeside 14.5 km | 77% | 9.5% | $99K | 32 min | B− | C− |
| Clarendon 17 km | 83% | 9.1% | $66K | 30 min | C | D |
| Arnprior 18.7 km | 72% | 9.4% | $76K | 28.8 min | C− | A |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Horton, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Built from the census table that pairs each worker’s home municipality with their workplace municipality. A job here means someone who usually works in the municipality, local or not.
- Employment Insurance. How many people in the census division drew Employment Insurance each month; it moves with layoffs and hiring, yet people who don’t qualify are absent from it.
- The Labour Force Survey. A monthly household survey by Statistics Canada, reported for metro areas and economic regions only. It supplies a recent rate next to the 2021 census figure.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Unemployment. The share of people 15 and over in the labour force, working or looking for work, who had no job on census day in May 2021.
- Household income. Before-tax total income of the middle household for 2020, from the census. Neighbourhood medians are worked out from bracket counts, since Statistics Canada publishes none of their own.
- Which towns we compare. Any town of 2,500 or more counts, and so does any city neighbourhood that size; the city as a whole and First Nations reserves don’t. The middle is the median.
Questions about work in Horton
What is the average household income in Horton?
Before tax, half the households in Horton had more than $90,600 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Horton get to work?
Driving takes 98% of commuters to work, 0.8% walk, and on census day 13% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Horton?
About 25.8 minutes on average, with 42% under a quarter-hour and 11% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Horton work?
9.1% work in Horton itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Renfrew (540), then Ottawa (175).
How many jobs are there in Horton?
In June 2026, 65 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Horton?
On census day in May 2021, unemployment stood at 8% of the labour force (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns). For a recent figure, the Labour Force Survey put the Kingston-Pembroke economic region at 6.8% in October 2026.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).